Ransom
Clayton
Born in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Brother of
John Clayton, Rebecca (Clayton) Blythe, Charles Collier Clayton Jr., Warren Clayton, William G Clayton, Jesse Charles Clayton, Abner Smith Clayton, Littleberry Clayton and Reuben M Clayton
Husband of
Susan (Unknown) Clayton
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Matilda (Phillips) Clayton
— married
about 1838 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
William Alex Clayton, James Eriel Clayton, James M Clayton, Sampson Clayton, George Washington Clayton, Melinda Ann (Clayton) Dillard, Matilda F (Clayton) Moore and Ransom Foote Clayton
Died
at age 84
in Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 25 Oct 2014
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Biography
Ransom was born in 1806.
Sources
- Henning, Elma and Merle Rummel, "The Toney Family History", 1979, pg 20, 36
- "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:MHBP-RFG : 29 May 2021), Household of Ransom Claton, 1870.
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4PM-RYF : 14 January 2022), Ransom Clayton in household of Susan Clayton, Beat 4, Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district ED 166, sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95095530/ransom-clayton: accessed 25 July 2022), memorial page for Ransom Clayton (10 Apr 1806–10 Apr 1890), Find a Grave Memorial ID 95095530, citing Oak Hill Cemetery, Pontotoc, Pontotoc County, Mississippi, USA; Maintained by John Clayton (contributor 47246457).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ransom by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ransom:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ransom by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ransom:
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~3.12%
Michelle Wiseman
:
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member mWISEMANm
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~1.56%
Ken Howry :
23andMe, GEDmatch M344173 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch M344173 [compare], Ancestry member BRONCBUSTER95
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~1.56%
Barbara (Brown) Denney :
AncestryDNA, yourDNAportal BAR310a5c04, Ancestry member charlayned1
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~0.78%
Judy Brown :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Austin Atkins :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A713634 [compare]
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~0.78%
Steve Stuart :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A694698 [compare], Ancestry member sjstuart190
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